Govender Indiran, Masilo Keorapetse M, Maphasha Olga M, Matjila Sello
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria and Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, Pretoria.
S Afr Fam Pract (2004). 2020 Nov 16;62(1):e1-e6. doi: 10.4102/safp.v62i1.5196.
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented a huge challenge to the health systems across the world. When the virus hit South Africa, and the state of national disaster was announced by the president, the healthcare system had to work on its COVID-19 response preparedness. Initially, a few hospitals were then designated facilities for managing COVID-19 patients. Kalafong Hospital, which was not amongst a list of designated facilities for COVID-19 was forced to evaluate its level of preparedness after an intern doctor tested positive. The objectives of this report are to illustrate the hospital's response around the management of the index case to share our facility's general response to the pandemic.
当前的2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行给全球卫生系统带来了巨大挑战。当病毒袭击南非，总统宣布国家进入灾难状态时，医疗系统必须着手应对COVID-19的准备工作。最初，几家医院被指定为管理COVID-19患者的机构。卡拉方医院不在COVID-19指定机构名单之列，在一名实习医生检测呈阳性后，该医院被迫评估其准备水平。本报告的目的是说明医院对首例病例的管理反应，分享我们机构对大流行的总体应对措施。
